Politifact.com: Statements from Xavier Becerrahttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/xavier-becerra/Statements from Xavier Becerra reviewed by Politifact.comen-usWed, 22 May 2013 17:54:55 -0400Xavier Becerra:
&quot;We have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code, under the guise of a charity, to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns.&quot;
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/may/22/xavier-becerra/tax-code-allows-groups-spend-undisclosed-donations/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Tax code allows groups to spend on undisclosed donations on political campaigns, says Xavier Becerra
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<p> The fallout from the Internal Revenue Service&rsquo;s tougher scrutiny of tea party groups continues with former IRS officials testifying that they never tried to mislead Congress about IRS practices. Republican senators like Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, were openly skeptical. &quot;You lied by omission,&quot; Hatch said. President Barack Obama and Democrats have criticized the excesses of the IRS. But some would like to shift the focus to the legal ambiguity that allows some tax-exempt groups to engage in politics without revealing their donors, as formal campaign organizations must do. The chair of the House Democratic Caucus, Xavier Becerra ...</p> <a href="/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/may/22/xavier-becerra/tax-code-allows-groups-spend-undisclosed-donations/">>> More</a>Wed, 22 May 2013 17:54:55 -0400http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/may/22/xavier-becerra/tax-code-allows-groups-spend-undisclosed-donations/Xavier Becerra:
&quot;We&#39;ve had 11,000 attempts to amend the Constitution since 1789.&quot;http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/aug/30/xavier-becerra/11000-attempts-amend-us-constitution-only-27-amend/The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Of 11,000 attempts to amend U.S. Constitution, only 27 amendments have passed
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<p> At a press briefing about the debt limit negotiations, Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., criticized a Republican push for a balanced budget amendment. He said Congress should not be hasty about amending the Constitution and noted that only a tiny number of amendments ultimately pass. &quot;We&rsquo;ve had 11,000 attempts to amend the Constitution since 1789. Twenty-seven amendments have been passed, 10 of them in one shot with the Bill of Rights. And so, we&rsquo;re now hearing that Republicans may want two, three days before they plunge us into the economic abyss, propose the eleven-thousand and first ...</p> <a href="/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/aug/30/xavier-becerra/11000-attempts-amend-us-constitution-only-27-amend/">>> More</a>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:38:21 -0400http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/aug/30/xavier-becerra/11000-attempts-amend-us-constitution-only-27-amend/